The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-10-25

49, ','u ponidNtiy no ulltCllOH IOT ll'
strange, fabric patched together by he
snrewdest son quarter OF
century ago, but in the plac,
OF II growing feeling that union in som'
form with the Great Republic is the nat.
urai result OF benignly operant causes
ana consummation devoutly 10 b,
wished, while here in Quebec is stagnan
trade, the ruins OF lost business, and q
commercial dependency 80 grave that al
ieel That the end will soon be; and this end
Us tersely expressed 10 us the other day by
q prominent citizen of Quebec Of English
biood and sentiment, must be bankruptcy
or commercial union with the States. "
Ana III all this the student OF modern
movements sees only the natural and
logical developments Of causes which were
planted in seed form when Wolfe tri-
umnphcd on the Plains OF Abraham. st.
Johns, New brunswick, was settled by
loyalists from New England, and Ontario,
as great community, was founded by the
10000 English Tories who, at the close OF
the revolutionary war, fed from New York
state into the unbroken wilderness west OF
the great lakes.
That you may realize the actual state OF
things here, at the ancient capital OF Can
ada, and the once great commercial, thrifty
shipping port OF Quebec, listen 10 what my
pilot says--onc OF the plain common work
ing people, and no thcorist or politician,
and with no interest 10 mistake facts an
Intelligent, sober man, able to read and
write in both languages, and TO form cor
rect judgments: "Why, sir" quote his
words. why, sir, you see things are not
now as they used to DO. I've been pilot
LET me sce-Im now forty-four, and
have been on the river ever since ] was o
boy OF thirteen, and l can remember all
the changes that have come 10 this river
and Quebec for thirty years and more.
Ten years ago from 1000 TO 800 big
ships came 10 these wharycs each sum
mer. | doubt II there will DO 200 this
season. i remember when there was
seventy-eight ships built here In one win
ter-that was some twenty years ago. You
may well believe, sir, that We had some
lively times In those days; money plenty,
living cheap, and the country was worth
living in. Last winter there was not sin
gle ship built here, nor single one the
year before; and last winter, men were
glad TO work here for co. 80 and 40 cents n
day. And coal was from 50 10 IS q ton,
anu hNVh bNfi ~ " NhIhs Nut NIt lilN
country IL no good any longer for a work
ing man, and II You can find any job for
me in the States, ] shall be glad TO get out
OF It,"
"Wherc are you from, sir?" said fine
looking young fellow from boat n mo-
mcnt ago. A fine looking girl Of English
descent plainly, was in the boat with
him. His sweetheart or young wife evi.
IDENTIFY.
Prom Burlington, on Lake Cham
plain, answered.
"Ah, that's the flag 20 wave over this
city," he said, pointing to the stars and
stripes floating AZ tho main ''lf ~. had
that flag over the big rock up there We
would have good times again, and young
icllow in business would have a chance"
God grant the flag may come, IL IL
would help us get on in the world" an
wcrcd the girl soberly, aud 10 they passed
m. These two fairly represent the intelli-
rent laboring French aud the young
English element here.
The reason that this popular craving for
union with the States has not found ex-
preston moro fully through the press and
in political action, In because there IL no
independent journal In Canada sufficiently
Interested la voicing an unorganizcd public
Iccling. 10 give IL expression in editorial
iticmncc; and, secondly, because the cray
ny u of such a nature that IL does not
Iasicn to publicly advertise itself. Per
laps Il II not strong enough yet 10 assert
tseli potentially. and, perhaps, not know
ny its own strength, II IN timid. Both
political parties ignore II, naturally. and
will continue Ia do ~ until Il is N strong
and determined ~ 10 compel attention,
and the Roman hierarchy of Quebec
province, where the feeling is In fact very
strong and growing fast, Tor reasons Of
its own, positively oppose IL. The legal
status Of the church, lay the North British
act, n peculiar, aud peculiarly favorable
To her interests, advantageous 90 her In
many ways ~ an excluding and exclusive
power; bcst0wing upon her immunitics
aud privileges Of value which she could
never hope TO retain should the province
become one oi the States II the republic.
Hence their opposition; and II " safe to
say that the church will oppose 10 the very
last, and In her peculiar and most effective
fashion, the popular movement toward
union with the States. But Il will bc in
win. This Is not an agc miutarism or
INSTRUMENTATION AAAN NNWIh anu AAllANN llN
longer rule Oun IL the agc 81 money, Of
trade, of commerce, Of social and intel.
lcctual Development aud the newspaper Il
mor powerful than the Pope, and the love
Of wealth Isl stronger motive with men
than the hope Of heaven or the icaTo Of hell.
The Pope, therefore, labon at disad.
vantage and the priests arc In the minor.
ity-a minority that grows less and
less, while the man 81 affairs, the
merchant, the trader. the money gcttcr
and the money spcndor, these arr IN the
majority, and they rule aud they will rule,
and once lot the average farmer and
labopr and merchant of this province be-
convinced that 10 remain M they aro
means hand times indefinitely continued.
and union with the States the beginning
Of a new and ever increasing prosperity, Ia
that hour the union will be consummnicd.
no matter what church or priests may say.
At least that u the way Il seems 20 me
from what have seen aud heard from All
classes Of the population. What the
country needs u outside help. active
money, and active men 10 develop ~ Inn.
mcnsc natural resources. Tho money
made In this country In ycan past las
not rcunfned here. The old English
residents made fortunes I'm this
land, and then deserted u. They and
their wealth never became n part Of tho
country; hence, Canadian progress has
been slow. Hence Il il that she needs con.
siderable help. such help IA comes from
the presence Of energetic men OF large
means. aud this can never come 10 her
save from one direction, and tina, IA from
the rich, busy, ambitious people south oi
her Hence, her business men arclooking
southwark and 20 union with the States Ms
10 a natural, a desirable aud necessary alli.
ancc. The alliance is SURF 10 be made. Il
IA q question OF timc-a few yeari-that Ia
all. W. II. II. MuRRAN.